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Russian Language

Govorun Translation Agency is providing its customers with correct and accurate translations from Russian and to Russian, it is one of our mothertongues.
All translators have been carefully selected by our staff recruitment personnel and are ready to perform to the highest professional standards.
We work exclusively with mother tongue linguists who translate into their native language, which effectively minimizes any possible inaccuracies.
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SOME FACTS ABOUT RUSSIAN

RUSSIAN: a language of Russia (Europe)
SIL code: RUS
ISO 639-1: ru
ISO 639-2: rus

Population 153,655,000 in the republics of the former USSR. Population total all countries 167,000,000 first language speakers (1999 WA); 277,000,000 including second language users (1999 WA).

Region Also spoken in 30 other countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova.

Alternate names RUSSKI

Dialects NORTH RUSSIAN, SOUTH RUSSIAN.

Classification Indo-European, Slavic, East.

Comments The Chuvan are a Yukagiric people now speaking Russian. The Meshcheryak are ethnically Erzya, but speak Russian. The Teryukhan are ethnically Erzya in Gorkiy, but speak Russian. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO; prepositions; genitives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals before noun heads; question word initial; 1 prefix on a word; recursive addition of suffixes allowed; nontonal. Christian. Bible 1680-1993.

Also spoken in:
China Language name RUSSIAN
Population 13,504 in China (1990 census).
Alternate names OLOSSU, ELUOSI, RUSS, RUSSKI
Comments An official nationality in China. Agriculturalists, animal husbandry. Christian. Bible 1680-1993.

Israel Language name RUSSIAN
Population 750,000 in Israel (1999 H. Mutzafi).
Alternate names RUSSIT, RUSSKI
Comments Most speakers use Hebrew as second language but prefer Russian. Radio programs. Jewish. Bible 1860-1993.

Mongolia Language name RUSSIAN
Population 4,000 in Mongolia (1993 Johnstone).
Alternate names RUSSKI
Comments Russians who are permanent residents are called 'Mectny Oros'. Widely taught in schools and for higher education. Mainly atheist, many occultist. Bible 1680-1993.

USA Language name RUSSIAN
Population 334,615 in USA (1970 census).
Alternate names RUSSKI
Comments The Doukhobors and Molokans are conservative religious groups who speak Standard Russian. Other Russian speakers in the USA have long-standing residence; still others have come more recently. Bible 1680-1993.